Large-scale growth of the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite in a wave bioreactor

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-220

  Dalton, John P ^a   Demanga, Corine G ^a   Reiling, Sarah J ^a   Wunderlich, Juliane ^a   Eng, Jenny W L ^a   Rohrbach, Petra ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

In vitro culture; Malaria; Plasmodium; Schizonts; Synchronous; Trophozoites; Wave bioreactor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; SORBITOL;

ANTIGEN; BIOREACTOR; CELL ORGANELLE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MALARIA; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHROCYTE; GAS FLOW; HEMATOCRIT; IN VITRO STUDY; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PH; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STATIC FLASK CULTURE; TEMPERATURE; TROPHOZOITE; WAVE BIOREACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84858291077     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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